The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-03
LIFE AT .Il0NG BRANCH.
A DAYS polNes At THE FASH
ioNABLE SEASIDE RESORT.
Going to the Early Train-hawn Tennis
and Horseback Riding-Bathing Begins
at IL o'Clock-Aftcrnoon Driring-Din-
ner and the Evening Hours.

and Horseback Riding-Bathing Begins
at II o'clock-Afternoon Driving-Din-
ner and the Evening Hours.
People who live in Rome would findit
difficult to pass the day as they would in
Paris, and New Yorker in Florence
cannot live day as he would in his own
metropolis. Neither can q man, with all
his victories over nature, pass day in the
Alps rs he would on the banks OF the
Amazon. And so man cannot carry out
day at Long Branch as he would at
White Sulphur Springs. He does ut Long
Branch what the place permits him to do.
Generally speaking, the summer poprlla-
ton is up at O'Clock, because the great
majority Of the men go to New York every
day to attend to business and they start
at about 8.
Going to the train is the first business
of the day, and a pretty sight it is to see
the ladies in their fresh, white, morning
gowns, driving their, carts end phaetons
down toSthe station with tll6rs nds.
sThe HARNESS and horses andsS5 S5cairi6ges,
fresh fromahe hands ofipd usMons gyoons
and coaehmen, and unspotted5as Yet.by
the dust of the day, glisten under the early
morning sum- The air-is cool 'fnvfg.
Grating, and the hustle and confusion
about thss station has asfashionable pic
sturesdueness aboutit that Is charming to
the student ofssociaty: sAfter the bust.
ness of the morning exodus is done, lawn
tennis comes to enliren the day. The
game is exceedingly popular at Long
Branch, where the fine lawns, of which I
have spoken, furnish admirable courts.
About 8 o'clock In the morning you will
see young men in white flannes and
young ladies in loose gowns running about
on the smooth turf, and entering into the
game with an earnestness which fully
iatones for any lack Of skill. Besides ten
mis-, horseback riding claims attention.
The roads at the Branch are ex-
scallent: for this exercise, and scores
tot equestrians may be seen every day
taking morning canter. Many of the
ladies' choose this part Of the day to do
their shopping, and East Long Branch is
made very lively.
About II o'clock bathing begins to rise
above the horizon. AT the hotels the Gus.
tomary time for bathing is at low tide,
but as the water is seldom so high or SO
rough in the summer that people cannot
bathe at NIL hours, most of them select the
morning for their dip. The refreshing in
fluence Of the bath prepares one to pass,
with equanimity, the warm hours Of the
early afternoon, before the sea breeze
springs up. At some of the hotels the
bands give morning concerts at eleven,
and those ladies who prefer to devote their
afternoons to bathing, sit in the parlors,
listen to the music, and put forth con-
tinuous flow of small talk. After luncheon
most people at the Branch take the day
leisurely until o'clock. The afternoon
driving then begins and continues until
about 6:30. The scene on Ocean avenue
at this time of the day is most animated
one. At times the; drive is crowded so
that carriages are compelled to proceed
cautiously in order to avoid collisions.
The evening trains from New York
and Philadelphia come in; and carriages
are dashing to-; and sfrom the stations,
while the hotel stages lumber along
laden with incoming guests. The steam
boat lands at the pier, and there is a great
rushing from all points of excursionists
who have como down from New York for
the day and are eager to get seats for the
return trip. Sailing vessels of all kinds
are seen gliding along up, and down the
coast, and southern steamers pass by, gem
orally running close in shore, dipping
their flags, blowing their whistles and
firing their guns. The men who have
been all day In the steaming hot city rush
down to the beach, don their bathing
suits, and plunge into the surf. The
whole shore front is alive and brilliant
with the handsome costumes of ladies, the
glitter of mounted harness, and the flash
of polished wheels. .,.
By and by, as the dinner hour ap-
proaches, the hustle and confusion die
away, or rather, transfer themselves to
the hotel dining rooms, where the evening
dinner is attended to in a manner which
shows that the sea air is truly provocative
of hunger. The evenings are usually
passed in dancing, or looking at other
people dance. The hotel bands play in the
parlors every night, and when it is not too
warm. waltzing is INDUCED in to a
great extent. Saturday evening is the
fashionable night, when people from the
cottages 20 to the hotels to dance, and
some little show of dressing is -made.--.As
a general thing, however, people do not
dress especially for the dancing, and full
seyening attire is the exception. The men
who spend the day at business do not feel
it incumbent upon them to put on their
dress suits for the evening, and the ladies
are, therefore, compelled to permit them
to dance in business costume, if they SO
desire w r Henderson in Outinp